Easy Pasta and Broccoli Dish--- idea from skinny taste

This is a bit modified from the skinny taste website. I mainly cook for myself and make dishes that will along a few days.......

Calories-267 Carbs- 33 Fat-12 Protein- 8 Sodium- 140
This serves 3- 1 cup servings

Barilla - Linguini, 4 oz.
Market Pantry - Minced Garlic, 2 tsp
Wegmans - Quickly Frozen Broccoli Spears, 6 Spears
Generic - Olive Oil, Extra Virgin , 2 Tblsp
Great Value (Walmart) - Pure Ground Black Pepper, 1 level tsp.
Wegmans - Parm Cheese, 3 tbsp

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. When water boils, add pasta and broccoli at the same time and cook according to pasta instructions for al dente. When pasta is almost done cooking, reserve about 1/4 cup of the pasta water and set aside. Drain pasta and broccoli.

Return the pot to the stove and set heat to high; add 1 tbsp olive oil, when hot, add garlic. Cook until golden, reduce flame to low and add pasta back to the pot.

Mix well, add remaining olive oil, grated cheese, salt and pepper to taste mixing well and smashing any large pieces of broccoli to break up.

Add 1/4 cup of reserved pasta water and mix well adding more if needed.

Serve in pasta bowls with additional grated cheese on the side.

You can use any type of pasta, all I had here was linguini. Make sure you adjust the recipe to your liking if you add or remove anything. I am sure this would be great with chopped up chicken breast also. Next time i'll try!

Enjoy!